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I'm glad that the Modern Pentathlon was preserved, but I am appalled that the Olympics have dropped wrestling from the 2020 games.

So we're going to have ping pong, and trampoline, and rhythmic gymnastics, but no wrestling? Unbelievable.

Posted by GoHeath at 11:36 AM

MatthewFebruary 12, 2013 at 1:24:00 PM EST
I thought they would drop either cycling or weightlifting, the two sports that have had the biggest doping problems in the past.
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EricFebruary 12, 2013 at 1:39:00 PM EST
I don't understand this at all.
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GoHeathFebruary 12, 2013 at 3:38:00 PM EST
I think if I were the wrestlers, I would just show up in whatever city hosts the 2020 Olympics and hold the world championships anyway.
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EricFebruary 13, 2013 at 11:50:00 AM EST
Per the International Olympic Committee Executive Board:

... Wrestling will now join the seven shortlisted sports – baseball/softball, karate, roller sports, sport climbing, squash, wakeboarding and wushu – vying for inclusion in the 2020 Olympic programme as an additional sport.

The eight sports are scheduled to make presentations to the Executive Board at its meeting in St Petersburg, Russia, in May. The EB will select which of the eight sports to recommend to the 125th IOC Session for inclusion as an additional sport on the 2020 programme. ...

You know it's probably going to be bad when a "committee" of something has a "board."
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EricFebruary 13, 2013 at 12:01:00 PM EST
In other news from IOC EB, after six months of consideration and 2,500 words of explanation ...:

... The KOC to deliver a bronze medal to the Athlete, without any ceremony, celebration or publicity whatsoever.
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